Streaming: ghost comedy “Ghosts” shows heart and humor

The comedy series “Ghosts” begins eerily: the camera leads through an apparently abandoned manor house, outside the wind whistles, an old lady makes her last breath inside – observed by several spirits in human form. “What was it now: tipping or alcohol?” Asks one. “Sure both”.

In the six-part series, which has initially only been seen in the ARD media library since March 7, the focus is on lovable and curling undead. These inhabit the villa as a kind of flat share because they died over several epochs in this place.

There would be Neanderthal Urs (Jan van Weyde), insurance agent Joachim (Sebastian Schwarz), the feminist magd Griet (Meltem Kapan), the teacher Svenenni (Sina Tkotsch), the love -hungry poet Friedrich Dorn (Alexander Khuon), the Roman legionnaire Claudius (Max Giermann) and Countess Adelheid (Antje Widdra).

The ghosts are necessary

In the now time you will meet the modern couple Emma (Cristina do Rego) and Felix (Benito Bause). The two inherited the old manor house. The two want to transform it into a hotel, which the ghost clique completely displeasures.

“For me, this has long been a series that I would like to watch with the children and grandparents of my family. I really think we have succeeded in a fantastic series that is funny for young and old,” said main actress Do Rego (“Pastewka”) of the German Press Agency at the “Ghosts” premiere in Cologne. Your figure can suddenly see and hear the spirits after an electric shock, which leads to a very special dramaturgy.

Serial partner Bause (“semi -detached house”) praises the mixture of comedy and not quite as scary scary elements. “You will not be put off to look away, but you will not be bored either.”

Undead with human quirks

The comedic ensemble, which makes the spirits with all their human queues and contrasts, ensures this. The spectators also learn about some when and how they died back then.

The warm-sympathetic “Ghosts” is based on the BBC format of the same name from Great Britain, which ended after five seasons at the end of 2023 and delighted an audience of millions. The US branch is currently running at Netflix. German WDR production was shot in Cologne and the surrounding area.